Halloween Costume???
I need a last minute easy to make costume for dh and me. Any ideas?
I know I haven't been around. How rude to just pop up and demand your creative ideas! I'll trade you a good recipe. 
I'm thinking frankenstien and bride of, or pirate and wench...but ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzz
gigi, would you be so mad if we jocked frida? but what is a diego rivera costume???
Skeleton! Wear all black, make "bones" from electrical tape (my husband did this for me and the "bones" were very elaborate and pretty - he put tape on a piece of glass and used an Exacto knife to cut them out).
My husband was Frankenstein's monster and I was the bride of Frankenstein a couple years ago (with Sopihe as our little bat). The bride cost money (wig, costume, etc) but the monster involved a suitcoat from the Goodwill and cutting a pair of slacks into jagged, calf-length hems (my husband has good legs, too).
Mummy - white longjohns or tights etc underneath. Buy a bunch of cheesecloth (it's like 97 cents a yard). Dye with tea, dry, wrap it around you. A Queen Helene Mint Julep mask on your face, dried, with a few strips wound around your head. Shit, I may do this one myself this year!
OK my ideas are kind of ass. I always like the traditional spooky costumes. I have to say I roll my eyes when I see stuff like "Sexy Kitty", "Sexy Nurse", etc (see movie Mean Girls)
"Macaroni - let me finish! - salad."
but here's the thing: as much as our society is over-sexualized and that 'importance' is shoved down our throats, it's really a madonna/whore complex, and Most women, outside of Hollywood and certain subcultures, DON'T get to present as being sexed-up.
I had an assignment for a class to go in public fully embodying my 'masculine' traits, and then my 'feminine', and really moving and presenting myself in my full femininity was impossible for me to really do--because it felt so unsafe.
So, in some ways I think masquerading as a sexpot can be a powerful feminist statement.
I'm going as a (sexy) tree, with my baby bat in her bjorn.
ok, I am so proud of myself for coming up with this super easy cool costume for myself and am happy to share. I am going to be Rosie the Riveter. I picked up a second hand blue coverall and a yard of red with white polka- dot fabric for my head scarf. All i gotta do is roll up my sleeves and look tough. I don't know about your Dh though.
* I blame men *
* I'm all fight and no flight *
I almost want to be her again it was so great.
Diego could wear overalls and have a paintbrush?
Ohh, let's see her again!!
Military justice is to justice what military music is to music.
~ Groucho Marx
I am jealous, I can't get mine to dress up this year. I think those are all cute ideas for ya'll!
Pirate and wench I like for ya'll because your hubby seems like he can be sly and piratey in private (cause he's kinda quiet like my husband), and you, well you have a great rack, if you'll pardon me for saying so. You would look delectable in a wench costume. 
one word... ROBOT.
Use a cereal box, some silver duct tape and string. cut out the top and bottom, wrap the box with the duct tape, string the front and back together above the shoulders and under the arm pits, glue on a few buttons for the knobs and write funny stuff over the knobs. i gotta run but if you need more detail, I'll be back in a few!
ps - use a bigger box if it's for a larger than toddler person! you can also glue plastic cups open end down on the chest for boobs.
I don't know about DH but last year I made a last minute costume and it turned out great!
I was Mother Earth, I basically wrapped a pale blue sheet around me and along with some fake/silk vines with flowers also wrapped around me holding up the sheet. I also did a crown of flowers too. I got lots of compliments...wish I had a picture.
Jimmy has decided to be Dr. Phil this year. He came up with it himself, we are actively pursuing a bald-head wig. When I asked him, "Why Dr. Phil?" his response was, I shit you not: "Because he's scary."
I will be sure to post pics. You could be Robin, and there's your couple coustume. Aaaaaaaaaagh!!
One year, also, my then husband and I went as a pair of socks. But that's overdone.
"Step off my big ass."
- Anthromom
AWEsome!
My daughter decided this year to go as the anti-Raggedy Ann. Basically costume is black and white instead of the traditional colors, white face paint with black circles instead of red on the cheeks, black yarn wig instead of red, etc. She is also wearing black combat boots and really cool black and white leggings with it. Maybe you could do that and your DH could do the same as Raggedy Andy. Not to hijack but I had to laugh the other day when my DD tried her costume on cause she came out of her room with her old raggedy andy doll tied to her wrist as an "accent". I fear I have warped her. lol
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Friedrich Nietzsche
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i'm going to use dd's bat wings and go as a bat and brian will be a vampire. yawn. but we're broke. so there.
thank you for all of your amazing ideas!!!!!!!!!!